A good and attractive French Empire ormolu mounted mahogany month-going table regualtor timepiece, Houdin Pere, circa 1820

12.5-cm enamel chapter ring with Roman numerals, outer ring calibrated for minutes, inner ring for seconds, blued Breguet hands and sweep seconds, engine turned ormolu centre signed Houdin Pere, month-going movement with pinwheel escapement mounted on the backplate, frontplate marked RP 3635, heavy gridiron knife-edge suspended pendulum with calibrated regulation nut and beat adjustment to the crutch, mahogany case with moulded stepped top, supported by four columns with finely engraved ormolu capitals and bases, stepped moulded base with beat plaque raised on bun feet